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Genesis 5:3

And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:

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וַֽיְחִ֣יvaychiand liveחָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and live”, the next action in the storyH2421to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revivekeep (leave, make) alive, [idiom] certainly, give (promise) life, (let, suffer to) live, nourish up, preserve (alive), quicken, recover, repair, restore (to life), revive, ([idiom] God) save (alive, life, lives), [idiom] surely, be whole.אָדָ֗םadamAdamאָדָםnoun, proper name — “Adam”H121Adam the name of the first man, also of a place in PalestineAdam.שְׁלֹשִׁ֤יםsheloshimthirtyשְׁלוֹשִׁיםadjective, cardinal, both genders, plural, absolute — “thirty”, the ordinary formH7970thirty; or (ordinal) thirtieththirty, thirtieth. Compare H7991 (שָׁלִישׁ).וּמְאַת֙umeatand hundred , -thמֵאָהconjunction, adjective, cardinal, both genders, singular, construct — “and hundred , -th”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3967a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fractionhundred((-fold), -th), [phrase] sixscore.שָׁנָ֔הshanahyearשָׁנֶהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “year”, the ordinary formH8141a year (as a revolution of time)[phrase] whole age, [idiom] long, [phrase] old, year([idiom] -ly).וַיּ֥וֹלֶדvayoledand bearיָלַדconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and bear”, the next action in the storyH3205to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineagebear, beget, birth(-day), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (wom…בִּדְמוּת֖וֹbidmutvoin likeדְּמוּתpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “in like”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1823resemblance; concretely, model, shape; adverbially, likefashion, like (-ness, as), manner, similitude.כְּצַלְמ֑וֹketsalmvoas imageצֶלֶםpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “as image”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6754a phantom, i.e. (figuratively) illusion, resemblance; hence, a representative figure, especially an idolimage, vain shew.וַיִּקְרָ֥אvayiqraand callקָרָאconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and call”, the next action in the storyH7121to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)bewray (self), that are bidden, call (for, forth, self, upon), cry (unto), (be) famous, guest, invite, mention, (give) name, preach, (make) proclaim(-ation), pronounce, publish, read, renowned, say.אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).שְׁמ֖וֹshemvofameשֵׁםnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “fame”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8034an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character[phrase] base, (in-) fame(-ous), named(-d), renown, report.שֵֽׁתshetShethשֵׁתnoun, proper name — “Sheth”H8352Sheth, third son of AdamSeth, Sheth.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and begot a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:

Young’s Literal Translation

And Adam liveth an hundred and thirty years, and begetteth [a son] in his likeness, according to his image, and calleth his name Seth.

World English Bible

Adam lived one hundred thirty years, and became the father of a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth.

Darby Translation

And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and begot [a son] in his likeness, after his image, and called his name Seth.

Douay-Rheims

And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and begot a son to his own image and likeness, and called his name Seth.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and begot a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Adam lived two hundred and thirty years, and begot a son after his own form, and after his own image, and he called his name Seth.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἔζησεν δὲ Ἀδὰμ τριάκοντα καὶ διακόσια ἔτη, καὶ ἐγέννησε κατὰ τὴν ἰδέαν αὐτοῦ, καὶ κατὰ τὴν εἰκόνα αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐπωνόμασε τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ, Σήθ.